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Tuesday 9 February 2010

Liverpool Register Office

The Register Office has been present in Liverpool since 1837, when the first legal requirement to register births, stillbirths, deaths and marriages was introduced.

Find out about:

• civil partnership registration
• registering a birth
• registering a death
• giving notice of marriage
• planning your marriage
• other ceremonies
• researching your Family History 
• Citizenship Ceremonies
• Nationality Checking Service                  

Over the years, the bustling cosmopolitan seaport and commercial city of Liverpool has produced many famous and infamous people who have registered with us at some stage in their lives.

Today, the Register Office continues to register these events, maintaining the original registers in which they are recorded and providing extracts from the registers in the form of duplicate and copy certificates when required.

We hold all the original Liverpool birth, marriage and death registers from 1837 to the present day. From these we are able to help family historians and genealogists with their family and local history research.

Where is the Liverpool Register Office?

Our offices are in the Cotton Exchange, a listed building in Old Hall Street in the heart of the financial and commercial district of Liverpool.

Liverpool Register Office
The Cotton Exchange
Old Hall Street
Liverpool L3 9UF
United Kingdom

Take a virtual tour of Liverpool Register Office with 360 degree views of the courtyard, room and reception areas.

You can find our Liverpool Ceremonies Brochure here.

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When is the Register Office open?
We are open:

• Monday - Thursday: 9am - 5pm
• Friday: 9am - 3.45pm
• Saturday: 9am - 12 noon                  

What does the Register Office do?
We:

• register births and deaths which occur in Liverpool
• take notices of marriage from people who live in Liverpool
• perform civil marriage ceremonies and civil partnership at the Register Office and at a number of approved venues throughout Liverpool
• issue copy or duplicate birth, marriage or death certificates
• offer a range of other civil ceremonies                  

Do I have to make an appointment?
Yes. To make an appointment to register a birth or death you should call the City of Liverpool call centre, Liverpool Direct on 0151 233 3004. Lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To make an appointment to give a Notice of Marriage or Civil Partnership you should call the Register Office directly on 0151 233 4978

To discuss any other form of civil ceremony, you should call the Register Office directly on 0151 233 4978 or e-mail registrar@liverpool.gov.uk